Cast
Heinrich Schafmeister
Acting
Cast
Heinrich Schafmeister
Known for
Acting
Born
1957-03-02
From
Essen, Germany
Biography
Heinrich Schafmeister is a German actor and presenter. He is the second of three children born to the former President of the State Social Court of Schleswig-Holstein. He attended primary school from 1963 to 1967, followed by the Albert-Einstein-Realschule in Essen until 1973. Subsequently, he completed his *Abitur* (university-entrance diploma) at the St.-Pius-Gymnasium in Coesfeld and went on to study German Studies and Music. He dropped out of his university studies in 1980 to transfer to the Folkwang University of the Arts. There, he was classmates with Armin Rohde and Hansa Czypionka. After graduating, he performed in theater productions in Aachen for six years. He made his cinematic debut in 1984 in the film *Treffer*, directed by Dominik Graf. Schafmeister also frequently appears in television series—for instance, as Didi Denkelmann in *Die Camper*, as Manfred Höch in *Wilsberg*, or as Karl Wolkenfuß in *Wie erziehe ich meine Eltern?*. Schafmeister gained wider public recognition through the film *Comedian Harmonists*, in which he portrayed the singer Erich A. Collin. Schafmeister serves voluntarily as the Treasurer of the *Bundesverband Schauspiel* (BFFS)—the professional union for actors. As a board member, he is also responsible for social and collective bargaining policy. In this capacity, he played a key role in late 2013 in concluding the first collective bargaining agreement for actors in the German film and television industry—an agreement that, among other provisions, established a minimum starting wage for newcomers to the profession. He lives in Cologne and is married to Jutta Schafmeister, an actors' agent. Together with Leonard Lansink, Schafmeister performs in theater productions. During the 2014 European elections, he publicly supported the SPD and its lead candidate, Martin Schulz. From July 23 to December 2018, he co-hosted the program *Live nach Neun* alongside Alina Stiegler.
★6.6
MOVIE1998
Der Campus
as Falscher Arzt
★6.5
MOVIE2021
Confessions of Felix Krull
as De Venosta's Father
★4.6
MOVIE2007
Vollidiot
as IKEA Mann
★6.1
MOVIE2001
The Slurb
as Department Manager
★4.9
MOVIE2006
Charlie 2
as Blixt
★6.4
MOVIE2008
Evet, I Do!
as Lüder
★6.2
MOVIE1994
Maybe... Maybe Not
as Klaus Dieter
★8.0
MOVIE1990
Eine Wahnsinnsehe
as Strubel
★5.3
MOVIE2000
Alle Kinder brauchen Liebe
as Jürgen Hertwig
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Laura's Star
as Papa (voice)
★4.6
MOVIE1992
Go Trabi Go 2: Those Were the Days of the Wild East
as Fricke
★6.2
MOVIE2021
It's Just a Phase, Honeybunny
as Principal
★5.4
MOVIE2009
Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian
as Lauras Vater (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Diamanten küßt man nicht
★6.3
MOVIE2002
Like Rabbits
as Günther Bienentreu
★5.9
MOVIE2011
Lauras Stern und die Traummonster
as Vater(voice)
★5.7
MOVIE2000
Marlene
as Pianist
★3.8
MOVIE1994
Polski Crash
as Dieter Brötz
★6.3
MOVIE1994
Das Phantom
as Werner
★7.0
MOVIE2008
Mütter Väter Kinder
as Wolfgang Thesen
★5.7
MOVIE2006
TKKG - The Secret of the Mysterious Mind Machine
as Georg
★5.9
MOVIE1994
The Invincibles
as Gerd Falck
★6.3
MOVIE2002
If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer
as Stadtrat
★6.8
MOVIE2010
Aschenputtel
as Fürst Alfons
★6.7
MOVIE1997
The Harmonists
as Erich A. Collin
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Finn und der Weg zum Himmel
as Bonifaz Maier
★4.9
MOVIE2007
Leaps and Bounds
★6.0
MOVIE2011
Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical
as Milchmann
★6.7
MOVIE1996
A Girl Called Rosemarie
as von Oelsen
★6.7
MOVIE2013
Rosamunde Pilcher: Eine Frage der Ehre
as Lord Harry Pendoran
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Willkommen in Lüsgraf
as Rüdiger
★7.2
MOVIE1992
Little Sharks
as Mercedes
★6.4
MOVIE1988
The Cat
as Otten
★5.0
MOVIE2012
Zu schön um wahr zu sein
as Wuttke
★3.0
MOVIE2010
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wenn das Herz zerbricht
as Humphrey Smith
★9.0
MOVIE1993
Die Skrupellosen - Hörigkeit des Herzens
as Titus Huber
★3.7
MOVIE1995
Man in Search of Woman
as Herbert
★5.7
MOVIE1998
Solo for Clarinet
as Pathologe
★4.0
MOVIE2011
Das große Comeback
as Swens
★6.0
MOVIE2011
Familie macht glücklich
as Frank Zenka
★9.0
MOVIE1991
Leo und Charlotte
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Treffer
as Chris
★9.0
MOVIE1989
Tiger, Löwe, Panther
★7.0
MOVIE2003
In der Mitte eines Lebens
as Sprudel
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Seitensprung ins Glück
as Dr. Rüdiger Baer
★5.7
MOVIE2005
Suche Mann für meine Frau
as Pater Alois
★5.0
MOVIE2006
Pik & Amadeus – Freunde wider Willen
as Herr Königstein
★7.0
MOVIE1989
Der Leibwächter
MOVIE2010
Eines Tages...
as Frieder Ahrlenz
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Forever Young
as Martin
★4.0
MOVIE2000
Bear on the Run
as lovec
★8.0
MOVIE1992
My Daughter Belongs to Me
★9.0
MOVIE1993
Dance of Death
★4.0
MOVIE2006
Laura's Star Xmas Special
as Vater (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE2005
Brautpaar auf Probe
as Edmund Krüger
★5.0
MOVIE2008
Das Glück am Horizont
as Lothar
★3.3
MOVIE1999
At Fifty, Men Kiss Differently
as Bernhard
★3.0
MOVIE2015
Rosamunde Pilcher: Rundum glücklich
as Richard Parsley
★7.0
MOVIE2000
Zimmer mit Frühstück
as Wolf
★7.5
MOVIE1988
Year of the Turtle
★5.0
MOVIE2014
Real Buddy
MOVIE2013
Antilopen
as Ralf "Ralle" Schmitz
MOVIE2013
Kaiserschmarrn
as Director
★7.7
MOVIE2001
Pinky und der Millionenmops
as Dr. Webster
★6.0
MOVIE2003
Auch Erben will gelernt sein
as Hermann Helmholtz
★7.5
MOVIE1997
Harald
as Harald
★8.0
MOVIE1996
Nadine, nackt im Bistro
as Jack
★5.5
MOVIE2013
Abseitsfalle
as Betriebsrat Borchert
★5.2
MOVIE2000
...and It Is Only the Beginning
as Rudolf
★8.2
MOVIE2005
Urmel aus dem Eis
as Professor Habakuk Tibatong
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Seitensprung in den Tod
as Bernd
★3.7
MOVIE1995
Der Leihmann
as Sommer-Höllenstein
★7.0
MOVIE2013
Hotel Metamorphosis
as Hotelier
★5.0
MOVIE2012
A Family of Three
as Bürgermeister
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Liebe in der Warteschleife
as Postbote
★8.0
MOVIE2002
Wie verliebt man seinen Vater?
as Prof. Hans Hansen
★6.0
MOVIE2008
Armer schwarzer Kater
as Herr Kolitzky
★8.0
MOVIE1999
Bis zum Horizont und weiter
as Verteidiger
★10.0
MOVIE2001
Ehemänner und andere Lügner
as Armin Wüpper